TONIGHT.. A LOOK AT WHERE áYOUR HOME MAY BE LOSING áMONEY.. AND SOME METRO HOMEOWNERS.. WHO'VE áPERFECTED EFFICIENCY. EVERYTHING..FRO M THE SMALLEST FIXES..TO THE BIGGEST INSTALLATIONS.. AND HOW IT'S ALL MAKING A áDIFFERENCE IN SOME PEOPLE'S LIVES. THE GREEN HOME TOUR, SHOWS áYOU --- SOME OF THE áEASIEST WAYS OUR NEIGHBORS.. ARE TOTALLY áTRANSFORMING THEIR HOMES..FROM MONEY áDRAINING..TO ENERGY áSAVING. K-E-T-V NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S KRISTYNA ENGDAHL..HAS THIS NEW STORY TONIGHT. FOR KEN MAYER..MAKING HIS HOME ENERGY-EFFICIENT..WAS AN UPHILL BATTLE.(Ken Mayer/Homeowner: So this house at 25 years old is about 40- 45% more efficient than existing construction.) AND HE SAYS, YOUR HOME CAN BE JUST AS EFFICIENT -- WITH SOME MINOR ATTENTION TO DETAIL, ANYONE CAN DO.(Ken Mayer: I just went around with foam and caulk and tightened up everything I could find where it was leaking.) BUT OTHER PROJECTS LIKE áTRANSFORMING HIS BACK- YARD..TAKE A LITTLE MORE WORK. IT LOOKED LIKE áTHIS WHEN HE MOVED IN ..A WATER, AND MONEY PIT. NOW..HE SAYS TERRACES..HELPED CUT DOWN HIS BILL.(Ken Mayer: There's a lot of things that are relatively easy to do that will help save you money.) AND SOMETIMES A LITTLE MONEY, CAN HAVE A BIG IMPACT ON STRUGGLING FAMILIES. (Kirk Rogers/Construction Superintendent: Energy costs are rising and rising, our families are on a fixed income. So we have to figure any way we can to get that price down.) THAT'S WHY HABITAT FOR HUMANITY INSTALLED áSOLAR PANELS ON THIS áNEW HOME. IT HELPS POWER THE WATER HEATER..WHICH CAN HELP CUT A WATER BILL DOWN TO ABOUT FIFTY-BUCKS A MONTH. BUT CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT KIRK ROGERS SAYS..THIS IS HOME IS EFFICIENT FROM TOP TO BOTTOM.(Kirk Rogers: Our houses are built so energy tight that we have to bring make up air so in the bathrooms we run a continuous fan.) WHETHER IT'S BIG INVESTMENTS..OR SMALL CHANGES..HOMEOWNERS WHO'VE GONE GREEN SAY ..IT'LL BE WORTH IT FOR YOUR WALLET.(Ken Mayer: Yes it costs some money up front for some of these things, but that savings starts right away and continues on over and over,month after month.) AND THE GREEN HOME TOUR CONTINUES ON SUNDAY.. AT A BUNCH OF LOCATIONS AROUND THE METRO. IT GOES FROM TEN A-M..UNTIL THREE. TO FIND THE ONES CLOSEST TO YOU..JUST GO TO K-E-T-V(DOT) COM IN OMAHA..KRISTYNA ENGDAHL..KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN.

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